Hollywood Studio Magazine (February 1967)

by John Ringo Graham UNIVERSAL ^^na/vnacq .J TURA BLVD. \ CORNER VENTURA BLVD. AND LANKERSHIM # PRESCRIPTIONS # PERFUMES * FINE COSMETICS * FREE DELIVERY to the Studio :aliO ? *$Jia/uruuxf_, 3799 Cahuenga Blvd. • No. Hollywood, Calif. Phones: 877-4841 — 761-3319 UNIVERSAL IMPECCABLE APPEARANCE for the man who wants his clothes tailored to perfection. Custom Craftsmanship Imported fabrics, silk, worsted, mohairs. from $85 to $125 Special Consideration to Studio Employees U HONG KONG TAILORS AND CO., LTD. 1 2240V2 Ventura Blvd. North Hollywood PO 9-0209 No. 27 Century City Square CR 7-1 272 22 Years' Experience - 9 Years Same Location SERVING ENTIRE VALLEY TRAIV ION SPECIALIST Frank Vandermace, former Universal Pic¬ tures actor and propman, will be feted on his hundredth birthday, Feb. 3, by Universal and the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, it was announced by George L. Bagnall, president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Vandermace, who retired from Universal in 1938 at 71 years of age, began to work in 1938 when 71 years old, began to work for the studio (then known as Nestor Film Co.) in 1912. * * He Rosalind Russell has been set to star in the title role of Universal's forthcoming Ross Hunter production, "Rosie," based on Ruth Gordon's hit Broadway play, "A Very Rich Woman." Jacque Mopes will make his de¬ but as a producer under his recently signed Universal contract. Hunter will be executive producer on the Technicolor comedy scripted by the noted playwright, Samuel Taylor. Rod Brian, former Universal City Studios tour guide, has been signed by producers Herbert and Willeta Leonard for the key role of a Riviera playboy in Universal's "The Perils of Pauline," starring Pat Boone, Pamela Austin and Terry-Thomas. Brian, who was a tour guide for over a year, also recently appeared in Universal's The King's Pirate" and "Banning." Establishing headquarters at Drum City, writer-producer Dan Barton, Arnold Franks and Roy Harte announce formation of School Days Record Company, cutting their first record called “The Van Nuys Hop.” Barton is also associated, as v-p with Cliff Robertson Associates. * * * Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch and Ken Barry of the ”F Troop” telefilm series will enter¬ tain at the 14th annual Golden Reel awards dinner of Motion Ricture Sound Editors March 18 at the Century Plaza Hotel, according to president Leonard Corso. * * * Dominic Arbusto has joined Screen Gems teleblurbery wing as a director, reports Harvey Raphael, v.p. and general manager of the division. * * * The American Cancer Society has retained the industrial film division of Hanna-Barbara Productions Inc., to produce an animated 60- second “stone-age” commercial with Fred FIintstone, star of H-B’s “The FIintstones,” telling of cancer’s seven warning signals. * * * Jack L. Warner is making another armed forces documentary _ this time about the U.S. Air Force. James Stewart, (a U.S. AF Reserve General) now at WB for "Firecreek,” will narrate and appear in “Airpower." * * * Joe Pasternak is staging, Jan Murray will emcee and Harv Presnell, Mary Ann Mobley and Joanie Sommers will entertain at the 28th annual charity ball of Junior Auxiliary of the L.A. Jewish Home for the Aged Feb. 26. Georgie Stoll is music director and Jack Cummings chairman of entertainment. Theatre Arts 49 The theater arts department at Valley College showed its apprecia¬ tion to the cinema and television industry by presenting engraved plaques to leaders who have helped start a motion picture curriculum on the Van Nuys campus. The first motion picture class to be offered on the two-year college level is in progress this semester, and a second is planned for the spring semester beginning Feb. 6. Plaques were presented to Gene Fowler, film editor for CBS; Peter Gibbons, Malibu, head of the CBS Studio Center camera department; Marvin Stern, Encino, manager of the rental division of Birns and Sawyer motion picture equipment sales and rental firm; andDouglas Schwartz, a CBS firm director and former Valley College student. “Without the help of these people ws could never have gotten our film classes started,” explained Charles Vasser, theater arts instructor work¬ ing on the new courses. “These men have been instrumen¬ tal in helping us obtain donations of equipment needed to teach our cine¬ matography class,” he added. Students in the first class are learning the roles of various tech¬ nical artists in the film field from cameraman to director. They now are working on production of a film, the first such project ever under¬ taken in a Valley College class. “We are terribly interested in seeing this program succeed,” Fow¬ ler said upon receiving his plaque. “It is important to our industry to help people learn this craft of ours.” The new class, Theater Arts 49, covers the history of motion pictures and television and will be given at 6:45 p.m. Mondays during the spring semester. It is primarily a lecture course which utilizes films for illustrative purposes, Vasser said. Registration in either of the two cinema courses may be made in the Valley College Admissions Office, 5800 Fulton Ave., Van Nuys, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.